• WENDEL: ESG performance: Wendel is once again a member of the DJSI World and Europe indices

    Источник: Nasdaq GlobeNewswire / 15 дек 2023 01:45:41   America/Chicago

    ESG performance: Wendel is once again a member of the DJSI World and Europe indices

    For the fourth consecutive year, Wendel is one of the companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJSI) World and Europe indices, validating the Group’s continuing ESG performance.

    As such, Wendel is among the top 2% of the companies in its category (Diversified Financials). This year, the category includes 644 companies, evaluated according to S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) questionnaire. With a score of 66/100, Wendel remains well above the average score of companies in its category (23/100). Wendel gained 13 points this year in the environmental component and also obtained the best score in its sector in “decarbonation”, thanks in particular to the climate strategy deployed within its portfolio companies.

    Bureau Veritas, #1 in its category
    Wendel is very pleased with Bureau Veritas’s ESG performance. Bureau Veritas was ranked first in its category this year, scoring 83/100. This sector, Professional Services Industry (encompassing the TIC sector) with a score of 83/100 for 2023, among 168 companies. This achievement places Bureau Veritas among the top-performing companies in the DJSI for the fifth year in a row.

    About DJSI
    Since 1999, S&P Global has used its Corporate Sustainability Assessment questionnaire to evaluate the ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) performance of listed companies across all industries. Based on industry-specific criteria, the highest-performing companies in terms of sustainability are then integrated into the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. Wendel’s category, “Diversified Financials”, includes 644 companies, of which 10 comprise the Europe index and 17 the World index.

    Agenda
    Wednesday February 28, 2024
    FY 2023 results – Publication of NAV as of December 31, 2023, and Full-Year consolidated financial statements (post-market release)
    Thursday April 25, 2024
    Q1 2024 Trading update – Publication of NAV as of March 31, 2024 (post-market release)
    Thursday May 16, 2024
    Annual General Meeting
    Wednesday July 31, 2024
    H1 2024 results – Publication of NAV as of June 30, 2024, and condensed Half-Year consolidated financial statements (post-market release)
    Thursday October 24, 2024
    Q3 2024 Trading update – Publication of NAV as of September 30, 2024 (post-market release)
    Thursday December 5, 2024
    2024 Investor Day

    About Wendel
    Wendel is one of Europe’s leading listed investment firms. The Group invests in Europe and North America in companies which are leaders in their field, such as ACAMS, Bureau Veritas, Constantia Flexibles, Crisis Prevention Institute, IHS Towers, Scalian, Stahl and Tarkett. Wendel often plays an active role as a controlling or significant shareholder in its portfolio companies. Wendel seeks to implement long-term development strategies, which involve boosting growth and margins of companies so as to enhance their leading market positions. With Wendel Growth (formerly known as Wendel Lab), Wendel also invests via funds or directly in innovative, high-growth companies.
    Wendel is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris.
    Standard & Poor’s ratings: Long-term: BBB, stable outlook – Short-term: A-2 since January 25, 2019
    Moody’s ratings: Long-term: Baa2, stable outlook since September 5, 2018
    Wendel is the Founding Sponsor of Centre Pompidou-Metz. In recognition of its long-term patronage of the arts, Wendel received the distinction of ‘Grand Mécène de la Culture’ in 2012.
    For more information: wendelgroup.com
    Follow us on LinkedIn @Wendel

    Press contacts  Analyst and investor contacts
    Christine Anglade Pirzadeh: + 33 1 42 85 63 24       Olivier Allot: +33 1 42 85 63 73
    c.anglade@wendelgroup.como.allot@wendelgroup.com
      
    Caroline Decaux: +33 1 42 85 91 27             Lucile Roch: +33 1 42 85 63 72
    c.decaux@wendelgroup.com   l.roch@wendelgroup.com
      
    Primatice 
    Olivier Labesse: +33 6 79 11 49 71 
    olivierlabesse@primatice.com 
    Hugues Schmitt: +33 6 71 99 74 58 
    huguesschmitt@primatice.com 
      
    Kekst CNC 
    Todd Fogarty: +1 212 521 4854 
    todd.fogarty@kekstcnc.com 

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